{"id":547228,"date":"2019-10-02T03:47:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T08:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.163.82.222\/?p=547228"},"modified":"2019-10-02T03:47:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T08:47:30","slug":"if-you-truly-love-it-is-natural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwenshamblinbooks.com\/?p=547228","title":{"rendered":"If You Truly Love, It is Natural"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How much trouble is it to refrain from running to another idol if you are so in love with God? These are easy commandments from this wonderful God. We should praise Him that salvation (being able to enter His presence) is not performance-based. We just need to love Him, and we can do this! If you truly love, it is not a performance or a drama\u2014it is simply natural. If your love is golf, how hard is it to go play a game? Would you call a game of golf work? Of course not. How hard is it to binge on food? When food is the object of your affection, bingeing is a delight. 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